• Theater This Week

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    Now Playing in Indiana:

    January 6th, Stageworks Staged Reading, It's Only A Play, The Acting Ensemble, Ensemble on the Avenue, 602 E. Mishawaka Avenue, Mishawaka.  FYI www.actingensemble.com.

    January 10th, Well Suited Theater, Comedy/Improv, Chicago Street Theatre, 154 Chicago Street, Valparaiso. FYI https://chicagostreet.ludus.com/index.php

    Now Playing in Illinois:  

    Through January 10th, Kokandy Productions presents Jekyll & Hyde, Chopin Theatre, 1543 W Division St., Chicago.  FYI www.kokandyproductions.com.

    January 10th, 7:30 pm, January 11th, 3:00 pm, The Vivero presents THREE QUEENS BOUQUET, a “queernucopia” of works in progress by The VIVERO Founders, City Lit, Second Floor, Edgewater Presbyterian Church building, 1020 West Bryn Mawr Avenue, Chciago. Pay-what-you-can. FYI https://www.citylit.org/thevivero .

    January 11th, 2:00 pm, Reading, FEAST! by Calamity West, 2026 New Stages Festival, Goodman Theatre, 170 N. Dearborn, Chicago. Free. FYI (312) 443-3800 or GoodmanTheatre.org/NewStagesFestival

    Through January 11th, Sister Act, Drury Lane Oakbrook, 100 Drury Lane, Oakbrook Terrace. FYI (630) 530-0111 or www.drurylaneoakbrook.com. TicketMaster (312) 559-1212 or www.ticketmaster.com.

    **** Through January 11th, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Galena Blvd, Aurora. FYI (630) 896-6666 or www.paramountaurora.com.

    January 6th through 18th, North American Premiere, RAIN: for babies and their carers,  Filament Theatre, 4041 N. Milwaukee, Chicago. RAIN is crafted specifically for newborns to crawling babies and their caretakers. $15-$30. FYI https://ci.ovationtix.com/35466/production/1257564

    January 9th through 18th, Brightside Theatre presents Phantom in Concert, Madden Theater, North Central College, 171 Chicago Ave in Naperville. $32-$37.  FYI 630-447-TIXS (8497) or www.BrightSidetheatre.com 

    **** Through January 24th, Pegasus Theatre Chicago presents 39th Annual Young Playwrights Festival, Chicago Dramatists, 798 N. Aberdeen, Chicago. Tickets: $15-$30 on sale November 28th. FYI PegasusTheatreChicago.org.

    January 9th through February 8th, Otherworld Theatre Company presents PROSPERA: A SCI-FI RETELLING OF SHAKESPEARE’S THE TEMPEST, Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont, Chicago. $15-$30. FYI (773) 975-8150 or www.theaterwit.org

    Through January 25th, Amadeus, Ensemble Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre, 1650 N. Halsted, Chicago.  FYI (312) 335-1650 or www.steppenwolf.org

    Through February 28th, Love Chaos & Dinner, Teatro Zinzanni, Spiegeltent ZaZou, Hotel Cambria, 32 W. Randolph, Chicago.  $99-$129.  FYI https://zinzanni.com/chicago/

    Through April 30th, 7:30 pm, Dennis Watkins in partnership with the Goodman Theatre & Petterino's announces The Magic Parlor with Dennis Watkins, 50 W. Randolph, Chicago.  $85 ($115 for performance + encore experience).  FYI (312) 443-3800 or TheMagicParlourChicago.com.

    Open Run, 113th Mainstage Revue, This Too Shall Slap, The Second City, 1616 N. Wells Street, Chicago.  Tickets start at $39. FYI (312) 337-3992 or www.secondcity.com.

    Open Run, e.t.c. 49th Revue: The Chaos Theory of Everything, e.t.c. Theater, The Second City, 230 W. North Avenue, Chicago.  Tickets start at $19. FYI (312) 337-3992 or www.secondcity.com.

    Open Run, The Best of Second City: 65 Years of Funny, UP Comedy Club, The Second City, 230 W. North Avenue, Chicago. Tickets start at $39. FYI (312) 337-3992 or www.secondcity.com.

    Open Run, Second City Presents - Thank You, Goodnight, Donny's Skybox Theater, The Second City, 230 W. North Avenue, Chicago. Tickets start at $20. FYI (312) 337-3992 or www.secondcity.com.

    Open Run, Fridays & Saturdays, 10:30 pm, Sundays, 7 pm, The Infinite Wrench, The Neo-Futurist Theater, 5153 N. Ashland Avenue, Chicago.  $20 or pay-what-you-can.  FYI  neofuturists.org

    Now Playing in Michigan:

     

    Now Playing in Wisconsin: 

    January 9th through March 1st, The Fisherman's Daughters, Stackner Cabaret, Associated Bank Theater Center, 108 E Wells St, Milwaukee, WI.  FYI (414) 224-9490 or www.MilwaukeeRep.com.

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    Now Playing in London: 

    Link to London guide: https://www.londontheatre.co.uk/theatre-news/news/your-guide-to-london-theatre-shows

    **** Family Friendly and/or Children's Theatre

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